A royal mess

Bedtime Stories I.

"Amara, Asteria!", the royal nanny called the young twins to bed. "Coming!" said the girls in almost perfect unison. "Race you", Amara proposed. The girls giggled as they raced to their bedroom. Once settled in bed, Nanny asks, "Would you girls like to hear a story?". The girls nod in agreement. (Nanny begins the story) "Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms. One stood on the ocean shore, Loradelle. The other laid in a valley, Elavore. Both kingdoms were full of joy, music, and laughter. The two kingdoms seemed to be in a competition as to had the livelier kingdom. One day, the king of Elavore announced that the queen had given birth to a healthy pair of twin girls: Amara and Asteria. Sure enough, a few months later, the king announced that the queen of Loradelle had also given birth, only to a baby boy. Unfortunately, the queen of Loradelle fell terminally ill soon after giving birth. Months passed by, and the king became cold and distant. Crippled by the loss of his wife, the king did everything he could to try and gain control of something, anything. He couldn't control his wife's death, but he could control his son and his kingdom. His want for power was insatiable, so he set his sights on the kingdom of Elavore. He sent over army after army, but Elavore's forces were too strong. Unable to admit his defeat, the king continued to send armies. As the years passed by, he realized his son was gifted." "Like us?!", asked Asteria. "Somewhat, responded nanny. "His son had the ability to hurt or heal people in a very strange way. This distracted the king and he slowed down his acts of terror, but his armies continued to terrorize the people of Elavore. The kingdoms are still fighting against each other to this day."(Nanny finishes her story) "Goodnight girls.", Nanny exits the room as the girls drift to sleep.

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!!IT HAS BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY!!

I wake up and ring for my lady's maid. "Good morning sunshine", Daphne says as she enters the room. "Or should I say good afternoon?" I roll my eyes at her. "Looks like someone was up bending realities again."

"What can I say? Real-life can be very repetitive, sometimes it's nice to escape for a little while." I get up and throw a pillow at Daphne.

"Tell me about it.", Daphne sighs and throws the pillow on my bed. "All I want to do is train with my dad and work in the army, but nooo, I belong here as your lady's maid. This way I'll always be safe."

"Am I really that bad?" The doors woosh open and Amara enters. "Good morning to you too, Mar."

Daphne steps out for a moment giving us the room.

Amara sits on my bed."Good morning Az, and for the record, yes. You really are that bad. Kind of useless too."
I mock her. "Look at me, I'm Mar, I can move things with my mind and read people's thoughts. Well, I can escape reality and sense people's emotions."

"As I said, useless." Mar goes into my closet. "What are you wearing today, I don't want to end up matching again, especially on our birthday. I already have to go through this godforsaken day, I'd rather not accidentally wear the same thing as you on top of it all"

I join her in the closet. "I don't get why you hate our birthday so much, it's supposed to be a fun day." I rummage through my closet looking for my birthday gown.

"It's just that now that we're turning 18, we have to start looking for eligible suitors." Mar sighs and plops on my bed.

"Is that really so bad? Finding that special someone who makes you feel like you're the only person in the world who matters." I continue to rummage through my closet.

"I just don't want to be tied down to someone right now. I want to go off, adventure. You could come too! We could explore the world together."

"I don't know, exploring sounds fun, but I really wanna find that special someone. I've had so many guys try to court me, but I've never connected with any of them. Maybe my love life is just doomed." I finally find my birthday gown. "Found it!"

"Thank the gods, that looks nothing like mine." Mar uses her telekinesis to open the doors. "You can come back in now, Dee."

Dee re-enters the room

"At least you guys like wearing dresses. I'm stuck wearing this horrid, frilly dress, which I hate, by the way, all because I'm your lady-in-waiting." Dee sits on my bed as Mar and I get ready.

"At least we let you use your spare time to train in our rooms." I brush through my soft blonde hair.

"And we let you guard us when nobody else is around.", Mar adds on.

"True, but it's not the same as fighting in the Elavorian army. Enough about me, I'll leave you two to get ready for your picnic."

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